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Coming up on the Pearl River Patch calendar: New City Rotary Foundation Festival

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Hello Pearl River! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Pearl River's Sunrise Day Camp gives kids their summers back
  • How a Pearl River congressman helped unlock $1M for local businesses

Also on today's calendar: New City Rotary Foundation Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cooler; a little morning rain, with a high of 64 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Clouds giving way to some sun, temps: high: 65, low: 48.
  • Thursday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 66 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sunrise Day Camp: A Place Where Kids With Cancer Can Just Be Kids (villagegreennj.com) — Families in and around Pearl River can access Sunrise Day Camp, a free full-summer day camp in town for children with cancer and their siblings, complete with transportation. Staff and former campers describe how the program restores normal childhood experiences, while organizers stress that donations and potential new bus routes help make the Pearl River-based camp accessible to more local families.
   

• What Clarkstown's building moratorium does, doesn't do: Rockland Angle (thetimesherald.com) — Rockland residents, including those in Pearl River, are seeing new economic moves, from a $1 million "Good Neighbor Fund" for Route 9W businesses that Rep. Mike Lawler of Pearl River helped secure, to fresh grocery options in Tappan and Orangeburg. The column also flags a sobering ALICE report showing more than half of county households are struggling with rising housing costs.
   

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  • Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Pro Customer Service/Sales in Nanuet. Apply here.
  • McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member NY in Nanuet. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pearl River here.

🗞 Nearby News

Nanuet

  • Vote for lohud Volleyball Player of the Week, presented by White Plains Hospital (ithacajournal.com)

Orangetown

  • Mike Lawler urges NY to reveal energy bill discounts for data centers (lohud.com)
  • New York Jurisdictions Target the Wrong 'E-Bikes' as Market Outpaces State Law (streetsblog.org)

Spring Valley

  • Four Year Old Found Injured and Alone in Spring Valley (rocklandtimes.com)
  • Man, 25, Admits Role In Fatal Shooting Of 17-Year-Old In Spring Valley (dailyvoice.com)
  • Volleyball schedule, scoreboard for week of Sept. 21 (lohud.com)

Ok Pearl River! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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